GRE Word List

POTENTIAL

existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality

The meaning of the word potential is existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality.

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WordMeaning
abjectsunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe
intractablenot easily governed, managed, or directed
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
putridbeing in a state of putrefaction : rotten
diademcrown
infirmitythe quality or state of being infirm
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
casteone of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes
inertlacking the power to move
procurementthe act or process of procuring